AUSTIN (KXAN) — As South by Southwest Festival’s footprint continues to grow, the City of Austin is making sure the number of events don’t balloon to an amount it can’t control.

For 2016, the city set a cap on the number permitted events to 120-last year there were 147 events. The deadline for applications was Feb. 5, but the city actually stopped taking applications a few days earlier because it had already reached its cap on Spring Special Event permit applications.

The Special Event permit applications are needed for any Temporary Temporary Use, Temporary Change of Use and 24-hour/96-hour Amplified Music Permits for outdoor temporary events.

One of the big companies that didn’t make the deadline was Samsung, which wanted five permits for its “Samsung Outpost” locations. Austin-based Yeti was hoping to host an event at 220 S. Congress but was denied by the Austin Fire Department. As of Feb. 24, several applications are still pending, one of which is the popular Fader Fort held on East Fifth Street.

Spring Special Event Permit Applications